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Title
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Valentine, John
John Ross Mckenzie Valentine
J R M Valentine
Description
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674 Items. Collection concerns navigator Warrant Officer J R McKenzie Valentine (1251404 Royal Air Force). The collection contains over 600 letters between JRM Valentine and his wife Ursula. It also contains his log book, family/official documents, a book of violin music studies and other correspondence. Sub-collections contain family photographs, prisoner of war photographs and a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of events from 1942 to 1945.
He joined 49 Squadron in April 1942 and flew 10 operations on Hampdens. The squadron converted to Manchester in May when he completed two further operations. His aircraft was shot down on the Thousand Bomber raid of 30/31 May 1942. Five crew, including him bailed out successfully and became prisoners of war. The pilot and one air gunner were killed when the aircraft rolled over and crashed.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Frances Zagni and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2018-09-06
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Identifier
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Valentine, JRM
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No 2 10/6/42
Dearest Ursula, I have now been moved to the camp at which I am likely to remain for the duration. I am badly in need of clothing and would greatly appreciate the following: Pyjamas, socks, underclothes, hankies, shorts, scarf, sweater, bathing pants, slippers and sports shoes. I know you won’t be able to manage all in one parcel but those underlined I need most . Chocolate (not anyone’s ration) would be most acceptable and my pipe, pouch, tobacco and cigarettes. I left quite a store of these at camp. I have been installed Leader of a hut holding 164 men and have a lot of work to do so that the time will pass quickly. I left £5.10/- in my locker and hope it reached you or got back to my RAF credit. Please tell me if you have enough money because if not I can increase my allottments. I met Olga’s brother in law here (Frank Pepper) (Vera’s husband). Ask Freeman the name of his relative who might be here also. I am longing for news of you and anxious to know how long you were in suspense about me. See if you can get all my personal kit from camp (via the Padre) If so you may keep my tennis racquet as a gift!! I’m sorry that my letters must be irregular and uninformative. Keep well and cheerful and look after Frances. Love to Barbara.
Yours for ever, John
PS Please send tooth brush & paste, boot polish.
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Title
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Letter from John Valentine to his wife Ursula
Description
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Letter number 2. Writes he is now in camp where he will remain. List items he is short of and would like her to try and send. Mentions he has been installed as leader of hut containing 164 men. Discusses money and ask if she has enough. Mentions meeting relative in camp as asks if she can get padre to help get his kit from his home RAF station to her.
Date
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1942-06-10
Format
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Two sided handwritten letter
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Correspondence
Identifier
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EValentineJRMValentineUM420610
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Poland
Poland--Żagań
Great Britain
England--London
Temporal Coverage
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1942-06-10
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
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John Ross Mckenzie Valentine
prisoner of war
Stalag Luft 3